- Primarily, the teaching load should be fulfilled by the courses foreseen in the examination regulations or curriculum.
- In addition, the Dean can count the following:
- Supervision of final theses
- Creation and supervision of multi-media offers
- Above-average participation in the admission of applicants in the selection process and admission tests as well as other aptitude tests
- Teaching done in the area of continuing education
- Courses that are not set down in the examination regulations or curricula may also be counted. The requirement for this is that the courses are listed in the course catalog.
Tips
Professors to whom the University has given tasks exclusively or mostly outside of the area of teaching have no teaching obligations. The University must compensate for the reduction of teaching offers with appropriate measures. The compensation can also be done by a representative from the same subject who belongs to another faculty. There is no requirement to compensate insofar as the tasks outside of teaching are financed by third-party funds or if the lawmakers have set this down in the state budget.
If instructors cannot fulfill their teaching obligations in their area because too many courses are being offered, their teaching load is reduced accordingly. The Faculty must inform the President of the reduction.
If a subject’s teaching needs change, in individual cases the faculty may set down the scope of teaching activities. Here it must be taken into consideration that the teaching obligations are fulfilled on average in three successive academic years. Teaching activity during the semester should not be less than half of the respective teaching load.
The teaching obligations can also be considered fulfilled if
- an instructor fulfills the teaching obligations on average over three successive academic years, or if
- instructors in one teaching unit equalize their teaching obligations within a semester; professors and junior professors may only equalize amongst each other.
In these cases, there must be no business reasons that speak against it and the teaching offers set down in the examination regulations or curricula for a subject must be guaranteed. The teaching activity of the individual instructor in one semester should not be less than half of the respective teaching load.
The following teaching obligations apply at the University of Hohenheim (assuming full-time employment):
| Professors | 9 teaching units per week (LVS) |
| Junior professors | 4 LVS |
| Research associates (Habilitation) | 4 LVS 6 LVS (after positive evaluation) |
| Research associates | Individually defined in the task description Possibilities: 5-12 LVS (mainly active in research) 13-19 LVS (mainly active in teaching) 20-25 LVS (only active in teaching) |
The various types of courses are weighted differently when being counted toward the teaching load.
| Type of teaching | Recognition |
|---|---|
| Lecture |
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| Seminar |
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| Exercise course |
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| Colloquium |
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| Lab |
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| Excursion |
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| All other courses |
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| Supervising final theses |
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| Creation and supervision of multi-media offers |
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| Above-average participation in the admission of applicants in the selection process and admission tests as well as other aptitude tests |
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| Teaching done in the area of continuing education |
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Notes
Teaching that is done by an employee for a course for which a professor is responsible can only be counted toward the teaching load of the employee. If this employee does not have any teaching obligations (e.g. doctoral candidate, post-doc), the LVS is not counted at all.
Insofar as the type of course does not require constant supervision by an instructor, the course is counted towards the teaching load by a factor of 0.3.
In this case, the LVS are proportionately counted according to the amount of the respective teaching.
Example: If two instructors work on one course, and one instructor takes on 60% and other 40% of the teaching, exactly these percentages are counted toward the teaching load.
Each instructor gets full credit for the LVS, a maximum of three times.
Example: If three instructors work on a course, each instructor may count one LVS toward their teaching load; if four instructors work on a course, each instructor may only count 0.75 LVS toward their teaching obligations.
For Humboldt reloaded courses, special regulations apply.
If the University has not provided a task description for a scientific staff member that sets down a specific scope for the teaching load, the teaching load is 25 LVS.
For permanent and fixed-time part-time employees, the teaching load is reduced in proportion to the scope of employment.
Decreasing the teaching load is possible for instructors who take on additional tasks in the scientific self-administration:
- Member of President's Office Reduction by up to 6 LVS
- Exemption for members of Faculty Board, including the Dean: Reduction by up to 14 LVS
- Dean of Studies: Reduction by up to 6 LVS
- Vice Dean: Reduction by up to 4 LVS
- Additional vice deans: Reduction by up to 2 LVS for each person
- Deans of studies who are not members of the Faculty Board: Reduction by up to 4 LVS for each person
In all, the reduction in a faculty may not be more than 20 LVS.
- Upon the suggestion of the Faculty Board, the President decides on the scope of the hours that can be reduced in a faculty and about the individual distribution.
- If several of the mentioned functions are taken on by the same person, only the reduction of one function may be given.
The University is obliged to prove to the state of Baden-Württemberg that its employees are completing their teaching load. The registration of the teaching load is done at the
- Faculty A: Information on completing the teaching load
- Faculty N: Completion of individual teaching load
- Faculty W: Form available in the Dean's Office